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Location: South Texas Rio Grande Valley. Bounded by: Hidalgo County to the west, Willacy County to the north, the Laguna Madre, Padre Island and the Gulf of Mexico to the east, and the Rio Grande River to the south. Cameron County comprises the entire Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The county seat is Brownsville, other principal communities are Port Isabel and the tourist-oriented South Padre Island. |
| QuickStats | Cameron | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) | 906 | 261,797 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 | 370.0 | 79.6 |
| Population, 2000 | 335,227 | 20,851,820 |
| Net Population change, 1990 to 2000 | 75,107 | 3,865,485 |
| Population Percent change, 1990 to 2000 | 28.9% | 22.8% |
| Female population, 2000 | 174,718 | 10,498,910 |
| Female persons, percent, 2000 | 52.1% | 50.4% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 | 282,736 | 6,669,666 |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 | 84.3% | 32.0% |
| Population under 5 years old, 2000 | 31,744 | 1,624,628 |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 | 9.5% | 7.8% |
| Population 65 years old and over, 2000 | 37,375 | 2,072,532 |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 | 11.1% | 9.9% |
| Persons under 18 years old, 2000 | 113,295 | 5,886,759 |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 | 33.8% | 28.2% |
| Births, 2000 | 8,314 | 363,325 |
| Deaths, 1998 | 1,857 | 142,389 |
| Infant deaths, 1997 | 31 | 2,150 |
| High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 | 69,863 | 7,438,046 |
| College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 | 16,732 | 2,094,905 |
| Housing units, 2000 | 119,654 | 8,157,575 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 | 67.7% | 63.8% |
| Households, 2000 | 97,267 | 7,393,354 |
| Persons per household, 2000 | 3.40 | 2.74 |
| Households with persons under 18 years, 2000 | 51,247 | 3,027,570 |
| Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000 | 52.7% | 40.9% |
| Per capita income,1999 | $14,280 | $26,834 |
| Average earnings per job, 1997 | $20,651 | $31,178 |
| Median household money income, 1998 model-based estimate | $22,959 | $35,449 |
| Persons below poverty, number, 1998 model-based estimate | 109,630 | 3,102,571 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1998 model-based estimate | 33.2% | 15.6% |
| Children below poverty, number, 1998 model-based estimate | 46,654 | 1,350,837 |
| Children below poverty, percent, 1998 model-based estimate | 39.5% | 23.6% |
| Retail sales, 2000 ($1000) | 2,674,861 | 298,719,237 |
| Unemployment rate, 2001 | 9.2 | 4.9 |
| Federal funds and grants, 2000 ($1000) | 1,354,492 | 106,492,801 |
"Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas Department of Health, Texas Workforce Commission, U.S. Census Bureau."
Click on a file below to download Four page demographic and Socio-economic Profiles for the cities or CDP(Census Designated Place) within the county.
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Data tables provided in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (.xls) format.
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Data provoded as ArcView shape files(.shp)
Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council
More datasets from the US Government's Fed Stats
Handbook of Texas Online for Cameron County
Texas Highway Maps for Cameron County
